Baronville
Commune in Grand Est, France
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Baronville (French pronunciation: [baʁɔ̃vil]; German: Baronweiler, 1941–44 Barenweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.[3]
Baronville | |
|---|---|
The church in Baronville | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Baronville | |
  Baronville Location within France  Baronville Location within Grand Est | |
| Coordinates: 48°56′05″N 6°36′33″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Sarralbe |
| Intercommunality | CA Saint-Avold Synergie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Jacquot[1] |
Area 1 | 6.18 km2 (2.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 369 |
| • Density | 59.7/km2 (155/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57051 /57340 |
| Elevation | 251–322 m (823–1,056 ft) (avg. 290 m or 950 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
- Previous names: Barunvilla (896), Barandorf (1361), Barendorff (1383, 1461).
- In 2007 a group of three University of York students attempted to get the fictitious town of 'BaronVille' onto the new UK version of the board game Monopoly. The news media thought that this was a French plot and reported, without sources, that the people of Baronville itself were behind it.[4][5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 320 | — |
| 1975 | 352 | +1.37% |
| 1982 | 372 | +0.79% |
| 1990 | 361 | −0.37% |
| 1999 | 346 | −0.47% |
| 2007 | 387 | +1.41% |
| 2012 | 411 | +1.21% |
| 2017 | 364 | −2.40% |
| 2023 | 369 | +0.23% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
